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By Yoko Kubota
TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc
and Toyota Motor Corp, the world's
best-selling automaker, could sign a new deal over the next two
to three years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, as the two firms ready
to end an existing programme....More

With no specific short-term battery loans or warranties available and automakers saying only the battery will last the life of the car, dealers worry about harm to their reputations and relationships with customers should something go wrong....More

South Korea's Samsung SDI, the German luxury automaker's captive supplier, will increase shipments of battery cells for the i3 and i8 electric vehicles and start supplying future models such as the X5 plug-in hybrid....More

Jatco is producing about 1,500 units of the second transmission in its CVT8 Hybrid series monthly, but plans to raise output to 4,500 units per month by 2016, with its Aguascalientes, Mexico-based subsidiary accounting for almost all of the growth....More

The Japanese electronics manufacturer, the primary supplier of lithium-ion batteries to the U.S. electric-vehicle maker, says the size of its investment in Tesla's planned battery factory will depend on division of responsibilities and the size of its ownership stake....More

The supplier’s global automotive portfolio includes its NOK Freudenberg Group China sealing-products joint venture, which grew at about twice the overall auto-industry rate in that country in 2013....More

For years, Taiwan has been a reliable source of auto parts. Now, the region, and three companies in particular, are gearing up production of motors, batteries, controls, chargers, connectors and other necessary components....More

The knowledge gap already could be affecting sales of advanced-technology vehicles, which last year accounted for 3.5% of the nearly 17 million cars and trucks sold in the U.S., according to WardsAuto data....More

“Logically, Cadillac is not disconnected from GM,” the longtime luxury executive says. “The way we want to organize the business in the future is that Cadillac will own the entire process, all the things that touch Cadillac.”...More